diff --git a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
index 3b2aa96e98..966a021873 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/extractor/twitter.py
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ def tweets(self):
                 tweet = None
                 for tweet in self.api.search_timeline(query + " filter:links"):
                     yield tweet
-                    break
                 if tweet is not None:
                     return self._update_cursor(None)